Jason Campbell’s attempt at a career revival is back on track, and it includes a chance to make a little history.

Teams like the Browns, 4-8, almost never beat Tom Brady at New England.

Campbell is back from a concussion and will start Sunday, head coach Rob Chudzinski said Friday. If he can lead the way to a win, the Browns will become just the second team that was on its way to a losing season to beat Brady in a Patriots home game.

The only one to do it at this point was Arizona, in the Patriots’ 2012 home opener. The Cardinals, whose defense was coordinated by Ray Horton, now with the Browns, went on to a 5-11 finish.

Aside from the Arizona game, Bill Belichick hasn’t lost at home to a team that finished with a losing record since 2000, his first year as New England’s head coach.

The Patriots are out-and-out monsters in Foxborough. They are 89-18 in their stadium that opened in 2002.

Campbell would prefer not to remember his only battle in Gillette Stadium against Brady. The Patriots were on their way to a 16-0 season when, as a third-year pro with Washington, Campbell took part in a 52-7 loss.

Campbell is just 1-3 as the 2013 Browns’ starter, but coaches are thrilled they can use him rather than emergency quarterbacks Alex Tanney or Caleb Hanie.

Head coach Rob Chudzinski said Campbell was “very sharp” in practices this week, when he proved he has recovered from a concussion suffered against Pittsburgh on Nov. 24.

“The type of guy Jason is and the leadership that he brings certainly gives us a boost,” Chudzinski said.

Campbell took a brutal hit on a corner blitz by Steelers cornerback William Gay. He did not lose his appetite to play, Chudzinski said.

“I had no doubts that Jason wanted to get back as soon as possible,” Chudzinski said. “He’s very highly respected with the team. He cares about the guys on the team, and I know he wants to do whatever he can to help.”

Campbell said he is ready to roll.

“I feel great,” he said. “I had a great two days of practice.”

BROWNS’ LBs IMPRESS ‘BB’

Patriots head coach Bill Belichick says a strength of the Browns’ No. 4-ranked defense has been pass coverage by linebackers.

“(D’Qwell) Jackson, (Craig) Robertson, (Tank) Carder, whoever it is, those guys are very athletic and very good in pass coverage,” Belichick said. “They get their hands on a lot of balls. Their inside linebackers do a lot less blitzing than the Pittsburgh linebackers.

Page 2 of 2 - “You see D’Qwell Jackson back there, sometimes 20 yards deep in coverage, tipping a ball or being in a passing lane and forcing the quarterback to throw it down.

“... These inside linebackers probably are as good at coverage linebackers as we’ve seen all year as a group.”

EXTRA POINTS

• Last Sunday ... a tale of two feet:

In the Browns’ loss to Jacksonville, Billy Cundiff missed a 53-yard field goal that would have given the Browns a 24-20 lead with three minutes left in the third quarter.

In the Patriots’ win at Houston, Stephen Gostkowski kicked two field goals in the fourth quarter. The latter, with 3:41 left, broke a 31-all tie.

• Bill Belichick’s Patriots are 9-3.

The Browns have had a record that good after nine games only once since the league changed to a 16-game schedule in 1978. The year was 1994, when they were 9-3 under Belichick.